From gg2g4ink Sent Wed, Oct 15th 1997, 12:14
eight(!) new CDs due out on this great label B4 the last gasps of '97. Masaaki Hara appears to have split his label into a few new subdivisions. so now Soup-Disk ===> Soup-Disk/Shi-Ra-Nui/Soup Street/Silverworld these are his descriptions. all i did was clean up the english a little. exciting stuff! all the past releases have been excellent - definitely something for those discriminating beat connoisseurs with a taste for the unusual. the new titles might finally put Soup-Disk on the map! this isn't hype - i have no personal stakes in the label. i'm just a fan who stumbled across Soup-Disk's outstanding music and won't rest until Soup-Disk is a household name. :) remember (USA/Canada only), these and past Soup-Disk titles will be distributed by Dutch-East. so - while they're worth every cent (or yen) - wait until they start popping up at decent prices in shops. cheers! GuerillaG2-G4/ gg xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx >ARTIST:WEEDBEATS >TITLE:WEEDBEATS >LABEL:SOUP STREET >CAT NO:STREET01 WEEDBEATS IS A JAZZ GROUP FOR A POST ORNETTE COLEMAN JAZZ AGE AND JAPANESE UNDERGROUND JAZZ SCENE. A MIXTURE OF DUB JAZZ, STREET JAZZ, CLUB JAZZ, ACOUSTIC JAZZ AND TURNTABLE EFFECTS. THE ALBUM CONSISTS OF 'BROKEN SHADOWS'(ORNETTE COLEMAN), AUTO REVERSE, FISH OUT, BEMSHA SWING(INTERLUDE), AND OTHER JAZZ INTERLUDES AND DUB JAZZ SKITS. THE ALBUM CONTAINS FISH OUT (ALTERNATE TAKE - MORE TIGHT DRUM AND TURNTABLE EFFECTS.) THE LAST TRACK, ABSOLUTE SIMPLICITY OF DUB JAZZ. WEEDBEATS LEADER MIDORI HAS A LONG CAREER OF JAZZ AND DUB JAZZ. HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS DUBJUNGLES. MOST INNOVATIVE LIVE UNIT IN JAPANESE UNDERGROUND CLUB SCENE. SOMTIMES HE PLAYS MELODICA. ON "SILVERLIZATION2" (SOUP005CD), HE PROVIDED THREE SAX INTERLUDES. THE OTHER MEMBER OF WEEDBEATS, TSUGUTO TSUNODA, PLAYS TURNTABLE. HE IS KNOWN AS A TURNTABLE JAZZ ARTIST, LIKE YOSHIHIDE OTOMO. SOUP STREET WILL BE THE SOUP-DISK LABEL'S STREET JAZZ DIVISION. >ARTIST:COMPUTER SOUP >TITLE:COMPUTER SOUP >LABEL:SOUP SILVERWORLD >CAT NO:SILVERWORLD01 COMPUTER SOUP IS A COSMIC JAZZ GROUP, BUT THEY HAVE A LONG CAREER OF PLAYING STREET JAZZ AT MIDNIGHT... LIKE KINDRED JAZZ SPIRITS SUN RA,GIL MELLE, MILES DAVIS, GEORGE RUSSEL..BUT ORIGINAL. COMPUTER SOUP'S NEW JAZZ ALBUM WILL BE ON SOUP:SILVERWORLD (ELECTRONIC BASSTRONAUTS' JAZZ DIVISION). >ARTIST:DJ HATI-MONJI >TITLE:ABSTRACT "8" >LABEL:SHI-RA-NUI >CAT NO:SRN04 DJ HATI-MONJI NEW ALBUM:INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP. NEW DIMENSION APPEALING TO FANS OF DJ VADIM,NINJA TUNE,MO WAX ABSTRACTION. DJ HATI-MONJI'S JAZZ SAMPLING IS FILLED WITH CELLO,VIOLIN,WOODBASS..... DEEP CONCENTRATED JAZZ HIP HOP. >ARTIST:BROKEN BELLS BREAKS VS DJ DENSUKE(LOS APSON) >TITLE:BROKEN BELLS BREAKS VOL.1 >LABEL:SHI-RA-NUI >CAT NO:SRN05 BROKEN BELLS BREAKS VOL.1 IS PRODUCED BY 2 JAZZ&BREAKBEATS DJS. A BATTLEFIELD JAZZ BREAKS ALBUM, WHERE THE DJS HAVE RESAMPLED, RE-TURNTABLIZED, RE-EDITED, REMIXED, AND RECUT ONE ANOTHER... WILL APPEAL TO FANS OF DEEP BREAKBEATS AND MYSTIC JAZZ.ALSO FEATURES WOODBASS IMPROVISATIONS >ARTIST:JIGEN >TITLE:STONE DRUM AVANTGARDISM -KYO-UN ! >LABEL:SHI-RA-NUI 360 >CAT NO:S360R3 DRUM&BASS MEETS STONE DRUM EXPERIENCE. APPEALING TO FANS OF J MAJIK, PHOTEK, AND OTHER EXPERIMENTAL BREAKBEATS CREW. JIGEN SOUNDZ IS SAMUSIRO-JAPANESE SPIRITS BASED BREAKBEATS & SILENCE. SUDDEN 2 SECONDS SILENCE IS INTENTIONAL. WOODBASS ,ORGAN FEATURED! >ARTIST:VA >TITLE:CIRCUITS BRASILEIROS ! >LABEL:SHI-RA-NUI 360 >CAT NO:S360R4 "CIRCUITS BRASILEIROS !" IS A FUTURE BRASIL-SOUNDZ COMPILATION. APPEALING TO FANS OF AZYMTH,FAR OUT RECORDS(BRASILIAN CLUB SOUNDZ),"TRIP D0 BRASIL"(feat DJ CAM..), RHYTHMIX....OTHER BRASIL-CLUB SOUNDZ-BREAKBEATS-NU HOUSE-BRASIL JAZZ SOUNDZ FUN! "CIRCUITS BRASILEIROS" FEATURES 18 TRACKS AND INTERLUDES FROM: AMEPHONE(CINEMATIC), MONTAGE(BREAKBEATS JAZZ), DA SILVA(BRASIL INTERLUDES), TAMARU(ELECTRO-ACOUSTICA BRASIL), TSUNODA TUGUTO(TURNTABLIZED BOSSA), TAKAHASI KAZ(BRASIL GUITAR+SAMPLED PIANO) AND OTHER BRASIL TRACKS. FOR FANS OF ALL BRASILIAN SOUNDZ AND AFTER HOURS HEADZ!! >ARTIST:MIX-UP CD >TITLE:SHADOW JAZZ BLUNTS 1 -SHI-RA-NUI MIX-UP VOLUME ONE >LABEL:SHI-RA-NUI >CAT NO:SRN06 "SHADOW JAZZ BLUNTS 1 " IS A FULLY MIXED RECORDING OF THE BACK AND FUTURE CATALOGUE OF SHI-RA-NUI JAZZ BREAKS...MANY UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM: RUF-NECK PIANO(SRN02), ALTERNATE TRACKS FROM SOLILOQUY OF CHAOS(SRN01), BROKEN BELLS BREAKS UNRELEASED TRACKS(SRN05), DJ HATI-MONJI CELLO BREAKS(SRN04), RUF-NECK PIANO REMIX ALBUM(SRN07) AND FEATURES "SHADOW JAZZ" LIVE. FOR FANS OF DJ CAM MIX-UP, "SCULPTURE & BROKEN SOUNDZ" MIX-UP(Q-BERT MIXED DJ VADIM CREW), AND DJ KRUSH's MIX-UP ON NINJA TUNE. SHI-RA-NUI JAZZ SPIRITS!! >ARTIST:RUF-NECK PIANO REMIX/REPAIRED ALBUM >TITLE:REPAIRED PIANO VOL.1 >LABEL:SHI-RA-NUI >CAT NO:SRN07 "REPAIRED PIANO" IS A REMIX ALBUM OF RUF-NECK PIANO's ALBUM, PREPARED PIANO(SRN02). RUF-NECK PIANO'S PIANO BREAKS & JAZZ ABSTRACTION ARE REPAIRED(REMIXED) BY DJ VADIM(JAZZ FUDGE,NINJA TUNE,MILLE PLATEAUX), KITTA(JAZZ DJ), CAPPABLACK(INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP), DJ HATI-MONJI(JAZZ DJ WHO RELEASED FULL ALBUM"ABSTRACT 8"), AND RUF-NECK PIANO. FOR FANS OF LENNIE TRISTANO,THELONIUS MONK AND ALL OTHER PIANO HIP HOP HEADZ!!!